1. Angola

Angola is a Southern African nation. Polygamy is technically illegal in the 36 million populated nation but still practiced.

2. Botswana

Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. In the country, polygamy is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

3. Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of 274,200 km², bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest.

Polygamy in the country is technically illegal, but still practiced.

4. Burundi

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa.

Here, polygamy is technically illegal, but still practiced.

5. DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country in Central Africa bordered to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean. By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.

Technically, polygamy in DR Congo is illegal but it is still practiced.

6. Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is a country in Central Africa comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands.

Equatorial Guinea is a Central African country comprising the Rio Muni mainland and 5 volcanic offshore islands.

Polygamy in Equatorial Guinea is technically illegal but still practiced.

7. Ghana

Ghana is a multi-ethnic country in West Africa with a diverse population, linguistic and religious groups.

Polygamy is technically illegal in Ghana but still practiced.

8. Lesotho

Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa.

In Lesotho, polygamy is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

9. Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

Polygamy in Liberia is illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

10. Madagascar

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar is a sovereign island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometers off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel.

At 592,800 square kilometers, it is the world’s second-largest island country, after Indonesia.

Polygamy is technically illegal in Madagascar but still practiced.

11. Malawi

Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

12. Mauritius

Technically illegal, but still practiced.

13. Mozambique

Technically illegal, but still practiced.

14. Namibia

Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

15. Sierra Leone

Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law.

16. South Africa

Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law [polygyny only]. Court permission required.

17. Zimbabwe

Illegal under civil law, allowed under customary law